Does the 144hz refresh rate make a huge difference in gaming?
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And It's only ONLY reason why this monitor qualifies to be the best selling gaming monitor on the market.
36893
It may make a difference on the PC Gaming side but on a console which is what I use it for, I believe it only has a 60hz refresh rate.
36894
Yes it does. It shows your rig's true performance in gaming. Once you use a 144Hz monitor you will NEVER EVER want to return to a 60Hz monitor. I'm Dead Serious.
1467798
Monitors don't really affect your gaming experience its your computer and mainly video card. But its good, a bit small for my liking.
1452511
Based on the fact PC Gamer declared this the best monitor for gaming available on the market right now I don't think the "don't use this for gaming" is good advice. Your ghosting of window's frames is probably due to visual settings in windows as this monitor has a 5ms response time which is pretty much as fast as the human eye can detect. Edit, 28 Feb: Got mine in today and I'm blown away, finally putting the extra horsepower in my gaming rig to some use bumping my games from 1080p to 1440p and it looks amazing, really gave me the "wow" factor normally associated with a major hardware upgrade. No ghosting in Battlefield 4, between color and resolution I felt like I could pic out every little detail and guys moving around from really far away with ease.
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Doing the same swap, have done my homework and for gaming your framerate should boost tremendously. I have HD 6870s CF'd and Only get around 90 Frames in CSGO, upgrading this should boost the frames alot not sure how much but I expect at least a 60 frames difference.
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it depends on what you use it for. It wont make any difference with gaming because the 240 hz refresh is disabled. you will notice a difference with fast moving scenes and sports displayed in HD. You can get a un46b8000 or un55b8000, both are 240 HZ LED tv's with very good picture quality. They are cheap right now as well because the new 2010 models are out.
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Do you have a specific Vga with it ? Normally you can change the hertz refresh rate in the Control panel for Ati or Nvidia in the desktop properties.
1008947
Sorry but I don't believe the 360, or even the Xbox 1, can reach 144hz. I also think HDMI cords max out at 60. Could be wrong. It comes with a DVI cable which can reach 144. Still a great buy for the respine time.
2005164
In general, no. Your eyes are only capable of picking up a certain rate of frames and refresh time. While it is less than what you are coming from, It would take a very detailed eye to pick up any change. I use mine for sports and video games, both requiring fast refresh and no ghosting.
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If by "no lag" you mean a solid 60 FPS, no, but it'll come close. Your CPU, Vsync setting, and connection speed (at least in multiplayer), would obviously also factor in.
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um im not sure what you mean by refresh rate. like how fast it turn on? pretty quick. be a little more pacific maybe i can answer your question
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There is a decent jump between the two but not life-changing. The 280x plays everything I throw at it at the highest settings on a 1080p monitor and I can get 60fps (or close to it) as well. The only time I can't get 60fps, even on a AAA title like BF4, is on super high resolutions (I frequently game on three monitors with eyefinity). But even then I stay above 30fps on everything. So I would definitely recommend getting this card.
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Check the article in PC Mag about refresh rates 240 vs 120. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379206,00.asp
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I watch all major sports and I don't have an issue with the refresh rate at all, there aren't any blurs during the games, but sometimes it happens when you watch movies on movie channels
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I've been using this monitor since last November and I haven't had any problems with gaming. I am not, however, extremely sensitive to ghosting, lag or color reproduction, and I have not noticed anything like that. I do not play a lot of FPS - mostly Skyrim. Hope that helps some.
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Yes, but it depends on how many frames you want, which ultimately depends on how good your monitor's refresh rate it. I am getting about 60 frames but I don't believe I have my settings maxed out. It's been a while since I played the game, but I remember balancing frames, graphics, and refresh rate the best I could. I've been very happy with the card and I'm running the old OG i7 CPU. This is a great card for the money. However, with the newer 700 series cards out, you may want to consider those. When I bought my 670, only the 680 and 690's beat it. And the 680 barely beat the FTW version of the 670. Tests revealed only a couple frames difference (4 or 5 iirc). Great card for great price. Yes, but it depends on how many frames you want, which ultimately depends on how good your monitor's refresh rate it. I am getting about 60 frames but I don't believe I have my settings maxed out. It's been a while since I played the game, but I remember balancing frames, graphics, and refresh rate the best I could. I've been very happy with the card and I'm running the old OG i7 CPU. This is a great card for the money. However, with the newer 700 series cards out, you may want to consider those. When I bought my 670, only the 680 and 690's beat it. And the 680 barely beat the FTW version... » Read More Yes, but it depends on how many frames you want, which ultimately depends on how good your monitor's refresh rate it. I am getting about 60 frames but I don't believe I have my settings maxed out. It's been a while since I played the game, but I remember balancing frames, graphics, and refresh rate the best I could. I've been very happy with the card and I'm running the old OG i7 CPU. This is a great card for the money. However, with the newer 700 series cards out, you may want to consider those. When I bought my 670, only the 680 and 690's beat it. And the 680 barely beat the FTW version of the 670. Tests revealed only a couple frames difference (4 or 5 iirc). Great card for great price. « Show Less
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This is going to based on preference. I run this monitor in its standard configuration most of the time. I will custom tune the game settings for optimal visual settings. Hope this helps.
735004
Technically yes, but the vast majority of games that are released on PS4/XB1 target 30 or 60 frames per second, which essentially means you wouldn't be fully utilizing the refresh rate of this monitor.